Is Fury Incapable of Becoming Lean and Getting 6-pack

[GrandpaBernard]

I think he always carried a LIL extra.

do different rules apply to giants

Nikolai Valuev wasn’t lean either

[_Maxi]

He can't since 2016/2017 when he got super fat. Now he has extra skin.

[Toffee]

Ignoring the fact he'd need skin surgeries to get rid of the excess...

He could get lean. But to lose fat he'd need to lose significant overall weight, including muscle. It would take him years and wouldn't be anywhere near optimal for him as a boxer. He'd be weak af.

[IronDanHamza]

He's never been aesthetically gifted.

But he looked in like better shape 5 years ago. Seems he can't anymore.

Doesn't really matter, he can do the rounds. AJ looks like he's carved out of stone and has no gas tank at all.

[CornerCutman]

this hits close to home man, digs real deep.

[SN!PER]

His metabolism doesn't allow him to lose weight easily. He's constantly training because he needs to for his mental health. If he stops training even for a short time, he's liable to flip out, overeat, and blow up to 350 lbs.

[GelfSara]

He's obviously not genetically gifted WRT body composition, but he certainly could get lean enough to reveal his abs if he were motivated to do so--which he obviously isn't.

[snowdog]

Contrary to popular belief a shedload of muscle isn't essential for a heavyweight, in fact too much muscle can be a DISADVANTAGE for some boxers. Frank Bruno and Anthony Joshua are prime examples of this. Fighters with too much muscle are generally unable to move quick enough and have problems going the distance. Again, see those two as prime examples.

Fury - in a worse state than he's in right now after nearly 3 years out of the ring after losing 10 stone in a matter of months - outboxed Wilder in the first fight over 12 rounds, got physically knocked out for a few seconds, rose from the dead and then went on to win the rest of the round. This was Tyson Fury at 75% at best.

When Fury was at 100% in the second fight he battered Wilder like a fish on Friday and had the same movement that he's shown during his entire career despite carrying extra weight.

If Fury was a muscle-bound fighter like Bruno/Joshua he wouldn't be able to feint and move in the same way, he would struggle to do 12 rounds, he'd be MUCH less fluid and his handspeed will be slower. As Wilder will most likely experience later on once the fight starts.